Current News - June 15th, 2009

[The Skirata Clan]

Originally Posted by truffleboy2894

In that case Skirata, EVERYONE FEAR FOR YOUR CHAT LOG!!!!!!!!!

And I don't talk much while in game...

[lostmymarbles]

*sigh

wondering what we will get banned for... can see getting banned for use of

omg

lmbo

dam

lol.. and I truely want to know are they wanting us to actually "test" the filters

[Maximvs]

The bad part is - there's no "official list" of words which may get you banned - so its all a guessing game!

[Beorn]

I actually posted a comment about the filter on the website but I don't know if it was approved. I asked some of the same questions that are posted here. For instance, what is foul language. If it is anything that speedchat plus can't see, does that mean pirates will get banned for saying my Disney approved name? And then, of course, why would we want to test this? I am very curious about whether or not we will get a little clarification on this update.

[Sarah]

I think I'll call D on this one. I would like to know exactly what their list of "bad words" contains. I never swear in game, if D is going by George Carlin's list that is. If they're going to start getting people for OMG, and various versoins of LMBO, then everyone is in trouble.

Then there is my typo problem....I once said be "back in a sec", but typo'ed an X instead of a C...if they are going to be banning people for typos, I"M IN TROUBLE

And Testing it...yeah, I'm a little confused on that one. Think I'll hit up on-line supprt for that question. I'll need a transcript for back-up with the questions I have in mind to ask...

[swashbuckler II]

Sarah, Ive done that so many times, with a bunch of different things to,
Edit: 777 posts XD

[Eliza Creststeel]

Larence, you can't publish a list of dirty words for children to see.

Granted, they could generate a list of categories certain words would fall into. And let's be honest - our chats are already monitored and most know how to skirt it. But, perhaps it's time for more folks to be creative in their language instead of just trying to misspelled inappropriate ones.

The game already let you say Hell. Which I find amusing. Often on plunder raids, I used to tell my gunners to "Give'em Hell!" I guess I gotta' change that. Suggestions? Give'em Heck just doesn't work... ummm Send'em to Hades? Unleash Hades? To Blazes with them?

One thing I liked about the Pirates movies was the creative language used by the characters to say some pretty rude stuff. Time to use the old imagination...

[CaptainGreenGene]

Originally Posted by Eliza Creststeel

It works like this: If you use foul language in chat, you get a warning. If you insist on using bad language, you get one more warning. After that -- your account will be automatically banned from the Caribbean. The length of time you are removed from the game depends on your account history. If you?ve had previous violations, you could be banned from the game permanently!

If you use bad language or think something you said might be misconstrued as foul language you get 2 free passes at it. The warning says it clearly. First time you will see a warning, second time you will also only get a warning. After you have clearly used bad language and been warned twice you get banned.

[Beorn]

I have gone on test and tried a few things like Beorn, Arktos (Test name), various typos and numbers. Basically, random words that don't show up in plus chat. None of these gave me any kind of warning. However, I don't know how long it will take a warning to come across but so far so good.

[CaptainGreenGene]

So far I have used some words that sound like other words that are not appropriate for a G game. None of them has caused any warnings to pop up. At this point I think you would really need to curse outright to get the filter to warn you. Since most of us don't use that kind of language, I don't think this will affect us much if at all.

[jason davy]

Do we know if it is an immediate in-game warning or an email warning?

[CaptainGreenGene]

Seems like the wording "auto" implies immediate but we shall soon see. I'll keep an eye on my e-mail. LOL

[Sarah]

It's not an in game warning for sure...I gave it quite a good test. We'll see if they send me a mail

EDIT: Oh, and live chat is "down for upgrades" so no answers to my questions yet.

[Dan_OB]

I submited the following to the Grog Blog:

Before I get too excited, I'd like to know what the 2x limited rep reward is exactly. Does it mean you get a certain number of hours that you get double rep points? If so does it mean playing time (i.e. actual hours logged in instead of time passed logged in or not). When does the time start? As soon as you finish the quest or do you start it some other way? How much time is given?

Thanks

I'm assuming my questions may well go unanswered so I'm hoping people here who experienced last years version of this event will tell the rest of use the answers to my questions. I'm guessing I'll have better luck here.

[Crazypirate]

Last year it was 2 hours of logged in time and it did start when you finished the quest, but I logged a pirate last time right after finishing the quest and was able to save the time and used it 4 months later.